Diversity and diversion: Higher superstition and the dangers of insularity in science and technology studies

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 18, Issue , 1998, Pages 6-34

  Freudenburg, William R ^a   Frickel, Scott ^a   Dwyer, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Science; Society; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992990001     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443339810788416     Document Type: Review

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